Dr. Samantha Battams

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This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach will guide the student into seven critical topics in global health.

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Introduction

Welcome to Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview! This course consists of the course guides, including discussion forum activities and assessments, along with presentations by a range of presenters, from the University of Geneva, The Graduate Institute, WHO, UNDP, WTO, IUCN, Medicines Patent Pool, among others. You will benefit from the insights and perspectives of multiple contributors involved in global health research, teaching, policy and practice across disciplines and sectors. Your enjoyment and benefits from the course will above all depend on your participation within this course, and we very much look forward to your participation through the discussion forums. Enjoy the course!

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Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda

Institute of Global Health - Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Geneva

Antoine Flahault

Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)University of Geneva and Université Paris Descartes – Sorbonne Paris Cité

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Good afternoon everybody.

And welcome to the international city of Geneva and

the University of Geneva's Global Health course.

I'm Samantha Battams, the course director, and I've been responsible for

the overall content of the course, as well as the organization of speakers.

And I'll be speaking with you on the online discussion forums.

My background includes a Ph.D in public health, and I've been working in

the health sector for around 20 years in academia, policy, and programs.

Right now, I'm standing in the Plaza Nation,

right in front of the broken chair, which is a famous landmark in Geneva.

It was erected in 1992 for

the International Treaty Against Personal Landmines, initially for

three months, but as you can see, it's still here and an important landmark.

But we're fortunate enough in this course to have a range of speakers from

the UN agencies, around a quarter of speakers actually.

So I hope you enjoy the presentations and the course.

And I look forward to speaking with you in the online discussion forums.